Yukon general election, 1903

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The 1903 Yukon general election was held on January 13, 1903. [1] The council was expanded to elect five of the ten members to the Yukon Territorial Council. The election was fought along party lines even though the council was limited in its powers and played an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner.

The Yukon Territorial Council was a political body in the Canadian territory of Yukon, prior to the creation of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Although not a full legislature, the council acted as an advisory body to the Commissioner of Yukon, and had the power to pass non-binding motions of legislation which would be forwarded to the commissioner for consideration.

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Distribution

The Yukon was divided up into three electoral districts by the Yukon Territorial Council. The two rural districts were named Districts No. 1 and No 2. and each elected two members while Whitehorse became its own electoral district.

Whitehorse electoral district was a territorial electoral district in the Yukon Territory Canada. The electoral district was created in 1903.

After the election the validity of the election was called into question because the Yukon council might have overstepped its authority dividing up the Yukon into electoral districts.

Results

Members Elected

DistrictMember electedAffiliation
District No. 1 Joseph Clarke
Alfred Thompson
District No. 2 John Pringle
Max Landreville
Whitehorse Robert Lowe Government

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References

  1. ↑ Steven Smyth, The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999). Clairedge Press, 1999.
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